Native American Pottery

Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling

Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling
Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling

Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling

Spectacular Pine Pitch Glazed Navajo Pottery Jar By Noted Potter Alice Cling. The Piece Has An Incised "Alice Cling" Signature On The Base As Shown And Is Undated. Excellent Vintage Condition -- Like New -- Gift Quality! In The Same Condition As When We Bought It! The Light Spots In The Photos Are Reflections Of My Lighting, Not Defects In The Pottery!

With A Maximum Diameter Of 3 1/4. University's Website On Native American Pottery Has This To Say About Alice Cling. Alice Cling Was Born Around 1946 In A Hogan At Cow Springs, In The Tonalea Section Of Arizona. Her Pots, Embellished With The Traditional Thin Coat Of Pitch, Are Deceptively Simple.

Their Lasting Beauty Comes From Her Unusual Use Of Clay And From The Striking Colors Caused By Outdoor Firing. Hand Burnished Until Smooth, The Outdoor Firing Creates Striking Smoky Mahogany Brown, Red And Black Colors. Her Pottery Almost Looks Like A Beautiful Wood Carving!

This Gracefully Tapered Perfectly Symmetrical Pot Is Beautiful! Noted As The Potter Who Elevated Navajo Pottery To A New Level, Alice. Learned How To Make Pottery From Her Mother, Rose Williams, An Innovative Navajo Potter Who Had Been Trained By Her Aunt, Grace Barlow, Who Had Raised Rose At Shonto. Navajo Clay-Work For Hundreds Of Years Was Made For Domestic Or Ceremonial Use Only, Until Recent Time.

No Railroad Stations Or Museums Existed In The. Vast, Sparsely Populated Desert Landscape To Spark A Demand For Tourist Goods Or For Scholarly Endeavors That Would Bring The Art Of Potters To The Fore. It Was, And Is Still, Made Only In A Small Area Of The Navajo Land, Near Cow Springs, Arizona, Where Water Is Readily Available. After Graduating From An Indian School, Alice Married Jerry Cling. They Have Four Children Who Make Pottery Now, Too.

The Family Digs The Brown-Firing Clay From A Special Place Near Black Mesa, Screens It To Eliminate Impurities, And Mixes It With Sand For Temper And With Water To Make It Workable. Alice Cling Pots Are Special Because Of Their Finely Modeled, Pure And Simple Forms And Beautifully Hand-Burnished Finishes. Alice's Particularly Unusual Aesthetic Contribution To The Navajo Pottery Renaissance Is The Magnificent Coloration She Achieves On The Softly Burnished And Lightly Pitch-Coated Surfaces Of Her Forms.

Usually, The Only Embellishments Are The "Fire Clouds". These Undulating, Smoky Patterns Are. Caused By Covering The Pots With Melted Pinon Pitch.

The Use Of Melted Pinon Pitch Is A Historical Characteristic Of Navajo Pottery; It Provides A Bit More Waterproofing Than Plain-Fired Pots - Needed Since Water Has Always Been Scarce For The Navajo. This Pot Is True Elegance In Every Sense Of The Word Due To Its Form And Firing! This Is A Stunning Hand. Polished "Fire Cloud" Red Ware Glazed Pot. The Coloration From The Outdoor Firing, With The Added Pinion Pitch Is Simply Exquisite.

The Variation In Tones Is Stunning. The Shape Is Gentle, With The Bottom Narrowed To Be In Proportion With The Round Shaped Neck And Open Lip. The Firing Gives Her Pottery An Amazing Depth Of Colors Which These Photos Can't Begin To Catch! Alice And Her Family Dig The Clay From A Special Place, Screen It To Eliminate Impurities, And Mix It With Sand, For Temper, And With Water To Make It Workable.

The Pieces Are Hand -Coiled, Smoothed And Pit-Fired. Her Gorgeous, Burnished Surfaces, Warm Reddish Coloration And Elegant Shapes Distinguish Her Pottery From That Which Came Before, And From The Younger Generation, As Well. Her Pottery Is Shown In One Of The Premiere Pottery Stores In America, Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery Galleries In Santa Fe, NM.

Alice Is Considered By Some To Be The "Maria Martinez" Of The Navajo In That She Was One Of The Primary Causes Of A Revival Of The Navajo Pottery Art Form. Alice Cling Pottery Continues To Climb In Value And Is Highly Prized By Collectors Of Navajo Pottery. This Vase Is Best Appreciated When Viewed In Natural Light And Is Difficult To Photograph. Cling Has Won Numerous Awards Including Awards At The Santa Fe Market, Eight Northern, Heard Museum, And Awards In Tucson And Gallup.

Her Work Is Featured In Numerous Books, Including Enduring Traditions By Lois Essary Jacka, Southwestern Pottery By Allan Hayes And John Blom, Treasures Of The Navajo By Theda Bassman, And Pottery By American Indian Women: The Legacy Of Generations By Susan Peterson. Alices Work Can Be Found In The Smithsonian Collection! Alice Cling, Her Mother Rose Williams And Sister-In-Law Lorraine Williams, Together Have Electrified The Future Of Pottery For The Navajo Nation.

This item comes from a smoke free environment. It does not have any odor. Every attempt has been made to provide an accurate detailing of the condition of the listed items. Please review the photographs carefully as the photos are part of the description. All pictures are of the actual item you will receive, we do not recycle pictures. We try to answer all timely questions so please ask! Your feedback is important to us. The item "Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling" is in sale since Saturday, October 20, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery". The seller is "dmq2014" and is located in Sedona, Arizona.

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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Artisan: Alice Cling
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • Origin: Museum Of Northern Arizona
  • Featured Refinements: Native American Pottery


Superb Navajo Native American Pottery Pine Pitch Jar Pot Signed Alice Cling